follow his every move today. and happening right now on capitol hill, an amendment to the senate's sweeping immigration bill on securing the border. the process being drafted. will it seal the deal to get this measure passed? plus, withdrawals on a controversial treatment. the cdc showing hpv infections fell by half in teenage girls who were vaccinated. will it convince more parents to get their kids the shot? those stories first. first breaking news from wall street. stocks are plunging for a second straight day after fed chairman ben bernanke said the fed is likely to start scaling back its economic stimulus plan this year because the economy is improving. it could also mark the beginning of the end of historically low interest rates. right now the dow is down. you see it on your screen, 227 points after falling 206 points yesterday. cnbc's kayla joins us live. kayla, the residuals still from

bernanke's speech? >> tamara, i think we're going to be feeling the reverberations from that for a long time. all three averages are down 1.5%. you have gold which investors go to when they sell out of stocks. gold is down, too. you have bonds down also and the interest rates on those bonds are spiking. the ten year treasury is at a yield that it hasn't seen in nearly two years. stocks for their part have retreated. they've lost basically everything they've made in the last two months. you've mentioned it. it's somewhat ironic. a normal observer would say why is everything sell off because chairman bernanke said the market was doing better? there were all of these green chutes and signs up. there was an unprecedented amount by the federal reserve buying bonds, initiating pra ms to help stimulate the economy, and what he said yesterday, perhaps what he didn't say, is

that when the economy improves they'll be stepping away from that program. what we're seeing today is when you go off drugs, withdrawal is hard and these are the first stages of withdrawal. but they're not off the drugs completely and they won't be for a while. the other fear, tamron, is where is ben bernanke going and who will be his successor? everyone is expecting he will be stepping down in january. there's been so much money involved. how will it look when the government starts to unwind from its position in the u.s. markets and who will be the person that will be doing that? there are a lot of questions right now. >> it looks like the dow is on its way to having its worst day since april 15th. thank you, kayla. dramatic day in boston where helicopters have been following nfl star aaron hernandez' every move. he's been questioned in connection with a homicide. police have not made him a

suspect, we want to stress that, and no arrests have been made right now. the new england patriots' tight end spent part of the day at gillette stadium though no practice was scheduled. police spent the last day's searching his sprawling home outside of boston. this as officers covered an industrial home where the body of 27-year-old odon lloyd was found monday. lloyd was a member of the local semipro football team. he and hernandez were associates. sources say a rental car tied to the investigation was rented in hernandez' name. and more trouble for the pro bowler also came to light this week. a lawsuit filed back in june, june 13th, actually, alleges hernandez shot a man in the face after an argument at a miami strip club. joining me live on the phone is wesley lowrie. what's the latest?

>> thanks so much for having me. it's been quite a circus here in boston. unclear if and when an arrest will be made and if an arrest is made, what that arrest will be. again, police seem to believe aaron hernandez is in some way involved in the murder of odon lloyd. it's far too early to tell when he'll be arrested as an accessory, whether he was involved personally, whether or not he was just there. again, a lot is developing today and it looks like this will probably stretch out a few days in the future as well. it's unclear if any legal action is going to happen today, if there will be an arrest warrant or therelike an arrest. >> as i mentioned, helicopters were following hernandez, nearly his every move today, including him going to the stadium even though there was no practice. do we know if the team was talking with him? do we know why he was there? >> we do believe the team was in contact with him but it was unclear why he was going to gillette stadium. it was unclear whether he was

meeting with team representatives or a legal team. he has been completely mobbed. television cameras in some ways were reminiscent of the o.j. simpson bronco chase. there have been no charges issued. there's been no arrest warrant issued. it's unclear if aaron hernandez is even believed to have been, you know, personally involved in this or if somehow this was an associate of his. again, there are so many questions right now. >> but the family of the young man -- >> this has been an absolute media mob surrounding him. he got mobbed as he tried to pump gas on his way home from gillette stadium. >> the family of the young man killed said he and hernandez were associates. have we heard or had any statements from hernandez or even an attorney clarifying any of this? i think we've lost wesley. tom is with "comcast sportsnet."

what are you hearing about this investigation? has aaron hernandez even put out a statement or his representatives, attorneys, anything from him? >> his attorneys released a statement saying that obviously he has been questioned and they have no further comment. the patriots went the same route. they have no comment and don't expect to in the ongoing police investigation. i will say this, you had the question about gillette stadium and why he may be there. he had soldier surgery this last season. could he have been there for any number of things, whether it was addressing that with the trainers, getting in a quick workout or talking to security people. i know bill belichick had a european vacation scheduled. >> what can you tell me about this june 13th lawsuit that came to light as believed yesterday or late yesterday? >> well, to me, it seems a smidge dubious in that the allegation was that a gun was discharged in the party's, the

victim's face, and be his eyeball was damaged and he had been in the hospital for a period of time. to me we'll see how that plays out. it was dropped and then it resurfaced this week. if the police were involved there would be a more profound trail. that to me seems an offshoot of the larger situation here which to me it seems as if the police and investigators are really masking a really methodical, by the book dissemination of all the stuff that they're uncovering. >> so this lawsuit was filed june 13th alleging that he shot a man, i believe it was a friend or an acquaintance after a night of partying, as you point out, but the lawsuit was later dropped? >> yes. and then it resurfaced and was refiled. an attorney from florida had said that that was -- there was a -- some legalese that wasn't

correct. that's why it resurfaced. the coincidence of it happening now when this is going on, there's another report of guns outside a nightclub in providence that were tied to hernandez. in short, we should all step carefully and try as you are, to get the information out there and try and discern between fact, fiction, rumor, and truth. >> absolutely. and we do know the fact is is that a young man's body was found. 27-year-old odon lloyd. his family has told the associated press that he and hernandez were associates and sources again say that a rental car was tied in hernandez' name. we are working to confirm as many details as possible. we certainly should stress one more time, hernandez has not been arrested. he's not been named a person of interest or a suspect in this case. what can you tell me a little bit about his background even before entering the nfl? >> before entering the nfl he was at the university of florida, and upon leaving the university of florida he dropped in the nfl draft for a variety

of reasons, none of which were really tied to his talent or ability. he had multiple positive marijuana tests in college. that's not that unusual. there were also concerns according to league sources told to me about ties to gangs in his native bristol, connecticut. some teams took him off their draft boards entirely. the patriots brought him in. when they brought him in last year they gave him a 7 year, $41 million extension, with $12 million guaranteed. hernandez was very specific about saying the patriots have placed a lot of faith in me. i want to reward that faith and be of good character and do things that they anticipate. they have put trust in me and i want to reward that trust. we also are following developing news in the george zimmerman murder trial.

florida's controversial stand your ground law actually questions being posed to george by defense attorney which led the judge to interrupt. take a listen. >> i want to make sure that in theory that a law that exists in this state -- >> i'm going to interject again to the word theory. ladies and gentlemen, if you are selected to sit as a jury on this case, you will be instructed as to the law that applies to this case. >> also expected today, the hearing into whether prosecution analysis of a 911 call where screams for help can be heard will pick up once again. judge nelson has to decide whether that testimony will be admissible in the trial. george zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder in the shooting death of trayvon martin last year. he pled not guilty claiming self-defense and trayvon martin

was unarmed. ron mott is in sanford. let's go to this whole issue of the judge taking on george zimmerman's attorney when he alluded to taking on this law in theory. >> stand your ground is a law in florida, but if the defense wants to invoke it they have to invoke it in court and the judge isn't the person who's going to decide whether that law is applicable in this case. they have to do it before the jury gets the case as it were at the end of testimony, but right now, tamron, i want to let you know we believe the first six people selected for this jury, the jury itself has been chosen. i think right now they're looking to go through the alternates. we'll hopefully get some developments, a firm count on who's on this jury here in just a few moments. but i also want to go back to what you said earlier, there was an exchange between the defense and the state this morning when george zimmerman's attorney stood up and the first thing he drilled down to was the presumption of nnginnocence.

he wanted to make sure the people sitting on the jury understood what that means. the whole thing is turned on its head when we call defendants defendants. it doesn't seem that person is presumed innocent by the use of that word. it's the state's burden to prove 100% that this person is in fact guilty of the charge. take a look at this exchange that caused the state to object. >> in deciding whether this defendant was justified, which is what we're talking about, in the use of deadly force, you must judge him by the circumstances in which he was surrounded at the time the force was used. so, is it a right on definition? no. but what it tells you is you have to look at it -- object as to. >> sustained. i would prefer to be the one who reads any instructions to the jury, not any counsel. >> all right. so now george zimmerman's

defense is what they call an affirmative self-defense, that he acted the way he did in defense of his life and safety. the stand your ground law is a different separate legal entity here in florida and is not sure at this point in time whether the defense will invoke it, tamron. >> just to confirm, you are waiting for confirmation. we may have the jury and they're now picking alternates there? >> yes. in fact, tamron, if i can, the first six that seem to have gotten through this process and will, in fact, serve on the jury are b 12, b 29, b 76, b 7, b 37 and b 51. the state tried to strike for cause, that would be juror p 67. he is the young man who was born in mexico who recently got his u.s. citizenship. in fact, both sides spent a lot of time with this particular juror. they had concerns about how he got his heritage.

the state tried to get him stricken for cause. it looks like we have a jury. >> we'll check back in with you shortly so people understand the jurors are labeled in this coded language. we'll have more on their background and some other descriptives of this jury that we believe has been selected in the george zimmerman trial. ron, thank you very much. i hope to check in with you at the very end of the hour. we now move to opening statements. new details emerging about soprano's star, his final moments. the actor's teenage son found his dad collapsed in a hotel bathroom in italy. we'll have live reports from rome. moments ago, two senators introduced their new bill on border reform. it could be a break through moment for comprehensive immigration reform. you can find us on @tamronhall. [ female announcer ] doctors trust calcium plus vitamin d

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right now possible break through in the senate's efforts to reach a deal on immigration reform. in fact, moments ago two republican senators, bob corker and john hoeven unveiled a new amendment. the plan on the border surge would double the size of the border patrol with 20,000 new agents requiring 700 miles of new sentencing and the purchase of new surveillance drones. if agreed upon, it could clear the way for a strong bipartisan vote in a few days. mark murray joins us. we have two developing stories here, one, the farm bill, which i want to get to first, and then this amendment. what's happening with the farm bill? >> the farm bill was defeated in

the house of representatives. republicans weren't able to get enough votes on their side. a super majority of democrats voted against it because of reductions to the food stamp program and it ended up where republicans and once again were unable to have the votes when they brought legislation to the floor. they weren't able to pass it. this is legislation, certain version of it the senate already passed. actually where the farm bill goes from here, no one knows. >> as i understand it, this is all happening by the way as speaker boehner was trying to put together the votes needed on this, but as i understand it, some conservatives are bragging that they killed the farm bill. >> right. they are saying they killed the farm bill. they're trying to blame the fact that none of the house democrats supported it. it's much different than the united states senate. you need to know how many votes you have. you bring your party along. john boehner and the house of

representatives was unable to do that. >> this comes at a time when john boehner talks about immigration reform. it seems, again, that this puts speaker boehner in a careless situation even though this amendment that we're speaking of is being looked at as a possible way to get new republicans on board. >> right. this is the first battleground on the senate side of things. what was always key, supporters of the gang of 8 legislation want as many votes as possible. they're looking at some 70 votes that they might be able to get. the idea to get more republican votes, more republicans needed to see more money built on border security and infrastructure. supporters believe they have the right mix of a lot of security money, a lot of border beefup but also not risking that pathway to citizenship that democrats want. they hope that's the sweet spot.

we'll see if this brings more republican votes without losing democratic ones. >> mark, since the addition of the agents, that's $30 billion over ten years. that doesn't include the drones that are a part of it. >> that's one of the ironies here. some of the republicans who are pleased by this are more than happy to have the federal government spend a lot of money for these types of jobs for this type of border enforcement. tamron, you mentioned the conservatives. the conservatives that are opposed to pathway to citizenship would be opposed to almost anything, you know, that they're not the ones who supporters are trying to win over. the folks who are key here, the people who introduced the amendment, bob corker, john hoeven. they might be on the fence and might be able to get you a big number voting out of the senate, but as we saw with the farm bill, tamron, you never know what's going to come into the house of representatives. >> we'll be talking more about

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i really do. every monday, every thursday we wake up, we hear this call and we wait and then you just sigh and wait for the courts. >> and imagine what we're feeling down here. >> right. you're there. >> so here's what's happening inside the court. the justices have decided these cases. they all know the outcome of these. they know the winners and losers. what's happening is they're still working on the final wording of their decisions. the majority is circulating. the dissent is going back saying, we think you're wrong here. the majority opinion is adding an opinion to say the dissent is wrong about this. so there's a lot of back and forth still going on. and they're just not done. so it looks like last week -- or next week will be the final one for decisions. we know we'll get decisions on monday, and the big cases, of course, we're waiting on the same-sex marriage cases, prop 8 from california, the federal defense of marriage act, we're waiting for the challenge on that, the future of affirmative action in school admissions. we know we'll get decisions

monday. after they're finished handing down the decisions on monday. they'll tell us what the next day for decisions is. we don't know which day it is yet and i suspect they don't know either. they're still waiting as the decisions have to be printed and all of that. my guess would be monday, possibly again on wednesday and then if they're still not done, thursday and then if they're still not done, possibly the next monday, which is the first of july. the court usually does try to finish the last week of june, but i think 17 years ago, as a matter of fact, they did decisions in early july. it's not out of the question. there are 11 cases left to be decided. the four that i've discussed plus seven others. so we'll just see if they get their homework done on time. >> and obviously we know that there have been many important cases affecting all of our lives, but when you look at the list of the four here as we discussed before, the courts have decided rulings before on

affirmative action, but when you look at the same-sex marriage issue, the justices have pointed out the newness of this issue -- >> right. >> -- i think that's why it is so compelling. we've had important rulings throughout time with the supreme court, as we know, as they make decisions. i don't know how to describe it, pete, when you look at the blogs, when you talk to people. i've talked to folks who really have not been as interested in the supreme court as they are now. >> well, look at last year at this time, tamron. we were waiting basically for one case. the health care decision. the future of obama care. what a surprise that decision turned out to be. now we're waiting for the courts really first rulings involving same-sex marriage. it's never before heard cases on this and the cases got here in -- on both the questions, prop 8 and doma, in a kind of weird procedural way so it's not at all clear what the court's going to do with them. on the voting rights act, you know, they've sent a signal three years ago that they were

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breaking news from capitol hill. the house of representatives has failed to pass a new republican sponsored farm bill that would have made drastic cuts to the nation's food program. the vote was 194 in favor of the bill, 234 against. 62 republicans voted against it. the majority of house republicans wanted to cut $2 billion a year from the food stamp program. that was projected to result in 2 million people losing their food stamp benefits. the senate version already passed would cut $400 million from the food stamp program. the bill defeat touched off fireworks minutes ago between the house majority and minority leaders. take a listen. >> if the gentleman witnesses what just happened on the floor, just seems that on bills where

there are solutions and bipartisan -- bipartisan indications of support, there seems to be a decision by the part of his leadership, perhaps himself to say, hey, we're not going to go along with bipartisan work and success and maybe we're just going to make this a partisan issue. >> i tell you with all due respect, mr. majority leader, i wasn't going to bring up what happened today. what happened today is you turned a bipartisan bill necessary for our farmers, necessary for our consumers, necessary for the people of america that many of us would have supported and you turned it into a partisan bill. >> joining me now live, democratic congressman james mcgovern, a member of the ag committee. >> i think the lesson to the republicans is if you're going to stick it to poor people, don't expect democratic votes. 2 million people would be thrown

off of stamps. over 200,000 kids would lose their free breakfast and lunch program at school? i mean, that's outrageous. on top of that they added these onerous work requirements and drug testing, on and on and on. they just piled on. they spent this entire farm bill not debating what's good for our farmers but demeaning poor people in this country and diminishing their struggle. it was outrageous. >> you say the gop would have been drug testing for food stamps, added work requirements and created a food stamp program or registry. you know that the implication is that if you need food stamps, somehow you don't want to work, you must be a drug abuser and some other incendiary language. i want to play what republican pete sessions said on the floor yesterday. >> what we're trying to accomplish is to end eligibility of food stamps that compete

against those families -- those needy families that we talk about for rapists, pedophiles and murderers. whether rapists, pedophiles or murder remembers. it's pedophile, murderers, rapists, those who should have enough money. >> what is your reaction to those comments on this bill? >> pete's a friend of mine, but i'm offended by those comments. it implies that poor people fall under those categories. all these requirements that they want to put into place on people who receive s.n.a.p., they don't have similar requirements for these big agri businesses that receive millions and millions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies or this crop insurance program that enriches many people in this country who don't need it. i mean, this is part of an ongoing efforts to demean poor people, to diminish their struggle. i find it offensive.

steny hoyer was right. they took a bill that could have brought people together and they turned it into a partisan document, one that goes after the poorest, most vulnerable people in this country. i'll tell you, i'm glad democrats pushed back because if we don't stand for the poor and the vulnerable, the needy, i don't know what the hell we stand for. >> there are some conservative organizations pushing back. they feel that some of the farm subsidies were, in their words, corporate handouts or welfare for farmers who don't need it. >> well, you know, i don't disagree with some of their concerns. i mean, houfwever, i would say lot of the people that voted against the bill on the republican side don't believe in the public sector so there's nothing they could do other than eliminate everything that would make them happy. there to me are some programs that deserve to be trimmed that we need to take another look at. there are some overly generous benefits that need to be reeled in. the bottom line is this bill went down, at least on the

democratic side, because of the focus on trying to take away from the neediest people in this country. foo. i mean, food is not a luxury, it's a necessity. the fact that they would go after this program in such a nasty way i think was unconscionable and that's why the majority of democrats couldn't support the bill. >> congressman jaymes mcgovern, thank you so much for your time today. stunning new information on a controversial vaccine that prompted enough outrage to become a major talking point during the presidential primary. texas governor rick perry faced attacks for issuing an executive order requiring all sixth grade girls to be vaccinated for the human papilloma virus, hpv. it's a move he later disavowed. a brand new study from the centers for disease control and infence. the study found an 11.5% infection rate.

hpv is america's most common sexually transmitted disease and it can cause cervical cancer, but that number plunged from 5.1% from 2007 to 2010. joining me now, dr. lori markowitz from the cdc who was the lead researcher on the study. doctor, thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> first let me get this out of the way. was this study funded by any of the vaccine companies who might have an interest in something like this as positive news? >> no. this is a study that's funded by the centers for disease control and prevention. >> and the numbers here are quite stunning and would be seen as encouraging news despite the back and forth which you are very well aware of going on with parents being concerned for many reasons, some religious and some others concerned about the after effects of the vaccination in giving it to their daughters. what does this say to those families? >> well, this says that the

vaccine is -- we're finding the vaccine to be very effective in the age group which we first expect to see an impact at vaccination, the 14 to 19-year-old girls. that was the age group in which we found this decrease of more than 50% in the types of hpv that are targeted by the vaccine. so the vaccine is having an impact and, again, this is not completely surprising because we know from the clinical trials that were done before the vaccine was licensed that the vaccine is really a very effective vaccine, one of the most effective vaccines available. so we are seeing a very good impact in our vaccination program. >> some of the other numbers, parents who do not vaccinate for hpv, declining numbers, 2008, 39.8%; 2010, 43.9%. parents are able to research and talk to their daughters'

pediatrician or doctor regarding how to move forward here and educating people? >> well, we hope this study will provide additional information to providers and parents to let them know how effective this vaccine is. in addition we have a lot of data now available from monitoring systems by the fda and cdc showing the safety of this vaccine and we hope all these data together will be very reassuring for parents and health care providers. >> dr. markowitz, thank you very much for your time. intriguing study that's out now. certainly a lot for parents to think about. thank you. and we continue to follow breaking news on the george zimmerman trial. a jury has been seated. we're able to confirm a jury has been seated and we're getting details about who the individuals are that were selected. we'll have the latest for you coming up. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis.

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more on the breaking news. the jury selection in the george zimmerman trial. ron not is in sanford. ron, a lot of people in florida, they require six jurors, not 12. what do we know here? >> six jurors, tamron, for noncapitol cases. this is a second degree murder case so there will be a panel of six. they're in the process of choosing the four alternates. this will be an all woman jury, a female jury. b 29, i can give you a little biographical information as we go. b 29 is hispanic, married ten years, has eight children. b 76, a woman, a resident in the area since '95. married 30 years, two children. b 37 is a woman who has lived in the area for eight years. worked in her current occupation for 15 years. b 51, a nine year resident of the area, a woman, single.

worked in real estate. managed a very large call center and has elderly parents in the jacksonville area. e 6 is a woman, a residents of the area for two years. married six years. her spouse is an engineer. she has two children ages 11 and 13. then there's e 40, a relatively newcomer to the area, seven months resident in the area. worked as a safety officer. is married to a chemical engineer and has one child. this will be an all female panel. they will choose alternates. if anyone needs to be removed, those alternates will fill in for the panel of six. we believe this will be an all woman jury as of this moment, tamron, six women. >> we want to remind the audience, looking at live pictures from inside the courtroom. ron, do we know the time line of the judge as far as the ruling

on these key issues from some of the language that can and cannot be used of the 911 call where screams could be heard in the background? >> well, they're trying here, tamron, which is all about bringing in voice experts into the trial and once it gets underway they'll hear testimony. we expect they'll hear that this afternoon. she wants to get to that and rule on that before the start of opening statements. so as far as the motion by the defense to prohibit the state from using certain phrases and words, nothing has been filed with the court. at last check there was nothing filed with the court determining whether the judge has ruled on that. last week the first day of the jury selection process, both sides essentially agreed at least it seemed during this jury selection process, the state agreed not to use the phrases that the defense put in motion. some of those phrases, profile, wanna be cop, and the like. >> thank you for bringing the breaking news to us.

the jury in the george zimmerman trial now seated. six women will make up this jury. we'll continue to follow the latest and have more information from stanford, florida. who hopes to free a u.s. soldier held since 2009. we'll look at stories around ""news nation."" army sergeant bo birgdall says the news of a prisoner swap is encouraging. they're offering to swap him for five senior operatives. and doctors in north carolina give a 3-year-old deaf boy the gift of hearing. surgeons implanted a microchip in his brain that helps him recognize sound. please take a look at his reaction when he heard his father for the first time. >> daddy loves you. daddy loves you.

daddy loves you. >> gracon is the first child in the u.s. to receive the implant as part of an fda trial. the daughter of ex-yankee manager joe torre made the catch of a lifetime. christina torre, yes, actually caught a 1-year-old who fell from a new york city fire escape. police say the parents fell asleep when the baby crawled out the window. torre said she was thankful she could save that child's life. >> the baby was struggling and then all of a sudden it slipped and was dangling and holding on with his hands. i was actually still talking to 911 and i said, he's falling. i just put out my arms and literally it was -- >> i went over to her and i gave her a hug and i said, you're a hero. if you hadn't caught that baby, the baby -- i don't even want to imagine. up next, new details emerging about soprano's star james gandolfini's final

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a family spokesperson says he died as a result of an apparent heart attack. an autopsy is being conducted in italy. these pictures were taken while g gandolfini was at dinner with his son. this was hours before he died. he was in italy vacationing. he was set to be honored at a film festival. tributes have been pouring in since the news broke last night. actress ediefalco issued a statement, i'm shocked and devastated by jim's passing.

he was a man of tremendous depth and generosity. and since the news of his death broke fans have been flocking to the ice cream store featured in the final scene of the sopranos. the table used for the scene now bears a small tribute to gandolfini with a sign saying "reserved." claudio, it is law that an autopsy has to be performed there? >> yeah. tamron, i'm at the hotel where gandolfini suffered a cardiac arrest last night. the family, we are being told of gandolfini, still staying here as guests tonight because obviously they'll have to wait for the body to be cleared by the hospital, which we were told which the director of the emergency ward there, that they had to perform another test.

that was very common for victims who die of a heart attack and cardiac arrest. they're staying here at the hotel and we're told by the director of the hotel this morning of the details of what really happened last night in there. gandolfini was staying in hotel room allegedly with his son michael, his teenage son, 13 years old. he collapsed in the bathroom at about 10:00 in the evening, which is 4:00 in time. the son michael called for help at reception. the hotel staff rushed up to the scene and they realized and saw gandolfini lying on the bathroom floor and they realized that he was in need of much urgent medical assistance. they say that he was still breathing when they got there but he was in real trouble so they called the ambulance right away, came here swiftly and he was taken.

he was brought to a nearby hospital about three minutes' drive away, but unfortunately when he got there he had stopped breathing -- his heart stopped beating the director of the emergency ward told us today and even though they tried to resuscitate him for a number of minutes, for about 40 minutes as a matter of fact, they failed and they had to pronounce him dead at about 11:00 in the evening, which is 5:00 in the evening. tamron? >> claudio, thank you. just quickly, thanks, claudio. leon panetta issued a statement. james gandolfini was a friend and actor. he wrote me after portraying me. i told him i was glad an italian played me, swear words and all. we laughed at the fact that tough guys can have a heart of gold. he did and we will miss him. and that does it for this edition of ""news nation."" thank you so much for joining us. i'm tamron hall and ""the cycle"" is up next.

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he may have played a bad guy, but art certainly didn't imitate life. james gandolfini who changed television as we know it on the sopranos has passed away at the far too young age of 51. he died of an apparent heart attack while vacationing in rome. the creator of the sopranos calls hem a genius. one of the greatest actors of time. nbc's mike taibi takes a look back at a career that spanned film, television, broadway, and a cause that was very dear to his heart. >> reporter: as new jersey mob boss tony soprano, james gandolfini ruled fiercely. >> if you can quote the rules, you can